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I have been using reddit for years in my personal life (not trading!) and wanted to give something back in an area where i am an expert.
I worked at an investment bank for seven years and joined them as a graduate FX trader so have lots of professional experience, by which i mean I was trained and paid by a big institution to trade on their behalf. This is very different to being a full-time home trader, although that is not to discredit those guys, who can accumulate a good amount of experience/wisdom through self learning.
When I get time I'm going to write a mid-length posts on each topic for you guys along the lines of how i was trained. I guess there would be 15-20 topics in total so about 50-60 posts. Feel free to comment or ask questions.
The first topic is Risk Management and we'll cover it in three parts
Part I
Why it mattersThe first rule of making money through trading is to ensure you do not lose money. Look at any serious hedge fund's website and they'll talk about their first priority being "preservation of investor capital."
You have to keep it before you grow it.
Strangely, if you look at retail trading websites, for every one article on risk management there are probably fifty on trade selection. This is completely the wrong way around.
The great news is that this stuff is pretty simple and process-driven. Anyone can learn and follow best practices.
Seriously, avoiding mistakes is one of the most important things: there's not some holy grail system for finding winning trades, rather a routine and fairly boring set of processes that ensure that you are profitable, despite having plenty of losing trades alongside the winners.
Capital and position sizingThe first thing you have to know is how much capital you are working with. Let's say you have $100,000 deposited. This is your maximum trading capital. Your trading capital is not the leveraged amount. It is the amount of money you have deposited and can withdraw or lose.
Position sizing is what ensures that a losing streak does not take you out of the market.
A rule of thumb is that one should risk no more than 2% of one's account balance on an individual trade and no more than 8% of one's account balance on a specific theme. We'll look at why that's a rule of thumb later. For now let's just accept those numbers and look at examples.
So we have $100,000 in our account. And we wish to buy EURUSD. We should therefore not be risking more than 2% which $2,000.
We look at a technical chart and decide to leave a stop below the monthly low, which is 55 pips below market. We'll come back to this in a bit. So what should our position size be?
We go to the calculator page, select Position Size and enter our details. There are many such calculators online - just google "Pip calculator".
So the appropriate size is a buy position of 363,636 EURUSD. If it reaches our stop level we know we'll lose precisely $2,000 or 2% of our capital.
You should be using this calculator (or something similar) on every single trade so that you know your risk.
Now imagine that we have similar bets on EURJPY and EURGBP, which have also broken above moving averages. Clearly this EUR-momentum is a theme. If it works all three bets are likely to pay off. But if it goes wrong we are likely to lose on all three at once. We are going to look at this concept of correlation in more detail later.
The total amount of risk in our portfolio - if all of the trades on this EUR-momentum theme were to hit their stops - should not exceed $8,000 or 8% of total capital. This allows us to go big on themes we like without going bust when the theme does not work.
As we'll see later, many traders only win on 40-60% of trades. So you have to accept losing trades will be common and ensure you size trades so they cannot ruin you.
Similarly, like poker players, we should risk more on trades we feel confident about and less on trades that seem less compelling. However, this should always be subject to overall position sizing constraints.
For example before you put on each trade you might rate the strength of your conviction in the trade and allocate a position size accordingly:
To keep yourself disciplined you should try to ensure that no more than one in twenty trades are graded exceptional and allocated 5% of account balance risk. It really should be a rare moment when all the stars align for you.
Notice that the nice thing about dealing in percentages is that it scales. Say you start out with $100,000 but end the year up 50% at $150,000. Now a 1% bet will risk $1,500 rather than $1,000. That makes sense as your capital has grown.
It is extremely common for retail accounts to blow-up by making only 4-5 losing trades because they are leveraged at 50:1 and have taken on far too large a position, relative to their account balance.
Consider that GBPUSD tends to move 1% each day. If you have an account balance of $10k then it would be crazy to take a position of $500k (50:1 leveraged). A 1% move on $500k is $5k.
Two perfectly regular down days in a row — or a single day's move of 2% — and you will receive a margin call from the broker, have the account closed out, and have lost all your money.
Do not let this happen to you. Use position sizing discipline to protect yourself.
Kelly CriterionIf you're wondering - why "about 2%" per trade? - that's a fair question. Why not 0.5% or 10% or any other number?
The Kelly Criterion is a formula that was adapted for use in casinos. If you know the odds of winning and the expected pay-off, it tells you how much you should bet in each round.
This is harder than it sounds. Let's say you could bet on a weighted coin flip, where it lands on heads 60% of the time and tails 40% of the time. The payout is $2 per $1 bet.
Well, absolutely you should bet. The odds are in your favour. But if you have, say, $100 it is less obvious how much you should bet to avoid ruin.
Say you bet $50, the odds that it could land on tails twice in a row are 16%. You could easily be out after the first two flips.
Equally, betting $1 is not going to maximise your advantage. The odds are 60/40 in your favour so only betting $1 is likely too conservative. The Kelly Criterion is a formula that produces the long-run optimal bet size, given the odds.
Applying the formula to forex trading looks like this:
Position size % = Winning trade % - ( (1- Winning trade %) / Risk-reward ratio
If you have recorded hundreds of trades in your journal - see next chapter - you can calculate what this outputs for you specifically.
If you don't have hundreds of trades then let's assume some realistic defaults of Winning trade % being 30% and Risk-reward ratio being 3. The 3 implies your TP is 3x the distance of your stop from entry e.g. 300 pips take profit and 100 pips stop loss.
So that's 0.3 - (1 - 0.3) / 3 = 6.6%.
Hold on a second. 6.6% of your account probably feels like a LOT to risk per trade.This is the main observation people have on Kelly: whilst it may optimise the long-run results it doesn't take into account the pain of drawdowns. It is better thought of as the rational maximum limit. You needn't go right up to the limit!
With a 30% winning trade ratio, the odds of you losing on four trades in a row is nearly one in four. That would result in a drawdown of nearly a quarter of your starting account balance. Could you really stomach that and put on the fifth trade, cool as ice? Most of us could not.
Accordingly people tend to reduce the bet size. For example, let's say you know you would feel emotionally affected by losing 25% of your account.
Well, the simplest way is to divide the Kelly output by four. You have effectively hidden 75% of your account balance from Kelly and it is now optimised to avoid a total wipeout of just the 25% it can see.
This gives 6.6% / 4 = 1.65%. Of course different trading approaches and different risk appetites will provide different optimal bet sizes but as a rule of thumb something between 1-2% is appropriate for the style and risk appetite of most retail traders.
Incidentally be very wary of systems or traders who claim high winning trade % like 80%. Invariably these don't pass a basic sense-check:
How to use stop losses sensiblyStop losses have a bad reputation amongst the retail community but are absolutely essential to risk management. No serious discretionary trader can operate without them.
A stop loss is a resting order, left with the broker, to automatically close your position if it reaches a certain price. For a recap on the various order types visit this chapter.
The valid concern with stop losses is that disreputable brokers look for a concentration of stops and then, when the market is close, whipsaw the price through the stop levels so that the clients 'stop out' and sell to the broker at a low rate before the market naturally comes back higher. This is referred to as 'stop hunting'.
This would be extremely immoral behaviour and the way to guard against it is to use a highly reputable top-tier broker in a well regulated region such as the UK.
Why are stop losses so important? Well, there is no other way to manage risk with certainty.
You should always have a pre-determined stop loss before you put on a trade. Not having one is a recipe for disaster: you will find yourself emotionally attached to the trade as it goes against you and it will be extremely hard to cut the loss. This is a well known behavioural bias that we'll explore in a later chapter.
Learning to take a loss and move on rationally is a key lesson for new traders.
A common mistake is to think of the market as a personal nemesis. The market, of course, is totally impersonal; it doesn't care whether you make money or not.
Bruce Kovner, founder of the hedge fund Caxton Associates
There is an old saying amongst bank traders which is "losers average losers".
It is tempting, having bought EURUSD and seeing it go lower, to buy more. Your average price will improve if you keep buying as it goes lower. If it was cheap before it must be a bargain now, right? Wrong.
Where does that end? Always have a pre-determined cut-off point which limits your risk. A level where you know the reason for the trade was proved 'wrong' ... and stick to it strictly. If you trade using discretion, use stops.
Picking a clear levelWhere you leave your stop loss is key.
Typically traders will leave them at big technical levels such as recent highs or lows. For example if EURUSD is trading at 1.1250 and the recent month's low is 1.1205 then leaving it just below at 1.1200 seems sensible.
If you were going long, just below the double bottom support zone seems like a sensible area to leave a stop
You want to give it a bit of breathing room as we know support zones often get challenged before the price rallies. This is because lots of traders identify the same zones. You won't be the only one selling around 1.1200.
The "weak hands" who leave their sell stop order at exactly the level are likely to get taken out as the market tests the support. Those who leave it ten or fifteen pips below the level have more breathing room and will survive a quick test of the level before a resumed run-up.
Your timeframe and trading style clearly play a part. Here's a candlestick chart (one candle is one day) for GBPUSD.
If you are putting on a trend-following trade you expect to hold for weeks then you need to have a stop loss that can withstand the daily noise. Look at the downtrend on the chart. There were plenty of days in which the price rallied 60 pips or more during the wider downtrend.
So having a really tight stop of, say, 25 pips that gets chopped up in noisy short-term moves is not going to work for this kind of trade. You need to use a wider stop and take a smaller position size, determined by the stop level.
There are several tools you can use to help you estimate what is a safe distance and we'll look at those in the next section.
There are of course exceptions. For example, if you are doing range-break style trading you might have a really tight stop, set just below the previous range high.
Clearly then where you set stops will depend on your trading style as well as your holding horizons and the volatility of each instrument.
Here are some guidelines that can help:
For example if you stop understanding why a product is going up or down and your fundamental thesis has been confirmed wrong, get out. For example, if you are long because you think the central bank is turning hawkish and AUDUSD is going to play catch up with rates … then you hear dovish noises from the central bank and the bond yields retrace lower and back in line with the currency - close your AUDUSD position. You already know your thesis was wrong. No need to give away more money to the market.
Coming up in part IIEDIT: part II here
Letting stops breathe
When to change a stop
Entering and exiting winning positions
Risk:reward ratios
Risk-adjusted returns
Coming up in part IIISqueezes and other risks
Market positioning
Bet correlation
Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits
Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer.
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Firstly, thanks for the overwhelming comments and feedback. Genuinely really appreciated. I am pleased 500+ of you find it useful.submitted by getmrmarket to Forex [link] [comments]
If you didn't read the first post you can do so here: risk management part I. You'll need to do so in order to make sense of the topic.
As ever please comment/reply below with questions or feedback and I'll do my best to get back to you.
Part II
Letting stops breatheWe talked earlier about giving a position enough room to breathe so it is not stopped out in day-to-day noise.
Let's consider the chart below and imagine you had a trailing stop. It would be super painful to miss out on the wider move just because you left a stop that was too tight.
Imagine being long and stopped out on a meaningless retracement ... ouch!
One simple technique is simply to look at your chosen chart - let's say daily bars. And then look at previous trends and use the measuring tool. Those generally look something like this and then you just click and drag to measure.
For example if we wanted to bet on a downtrend on the chart above we might look at the biggest retracement on the previous uptrend. That max drawdown was about 100 pips or just under 1%. So you'd want your stop to be able to withstand at least that.
If market conditions have changed - for example if CVIX has risen - and daily ranges are now higher you should incorporate that. If you know a big event is coming up you might think about that, too. The human brain is a remarkable tool and the power of the eye-ball method is not to be dismissed. This is how most discretionary traders do it.
There are also more analytical approaches.
Some look at the Average True Range (ATR). This attempts to capture the volatility of a pair, typically averaged over a number of sessions. It looks at three separate measures and takes the largest reading. Think of this as a moving average of how much a pair moves.
For example, below shows the daily move in EURUSD was around 60 pips before spiking to 140 pips in March. Conditions were clearly far more volatile in March. Accordingly, you would need to leave your stop further away in March and take a correspondingly smaller position size.
ATR is available on pretty much all charting systems
Professional traders tend to use standard deviation as a measure of volatility instead of ATR. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Averages are useful but can be misleading when regimes switch (see above chart).
Once you have chosen a measure of volatility, stop distance can then be back-tested and optimised. For example does 2x ATR work best or 5x ATR for a given style and time horizon?
Discretionary traders may still eye-ball the ATR or standard deviation to get a feeling for how it has changed over time and what 'normal' feels like for a chosen study period - daily, weekly, monthly etc.
Reasons to change a stopAs a general rule you should be disciplined and not change your stops. Remember - losers average losers. This is really hard at first and we're going to look at that in more detail later.
There are some good reasons to modify stops but they are rare.
One reason is if another risk management process demands you stop trading and close positions. We'll look at this later. In that case just close out your positions at market and take the loss/gains as they are.
Another is event risk. If you have some big upcoming data like Non Farm Payrolls that you know can move the market +/- 150 pips and you have no edge going into the release then many traders will take off or scale down their positions. They'll go back into the positions when the data is out and the market has quietened down after fifteen minutes or so. This is a matter of some debate - many traders consider it a coin toss and argue you win some and lose some and it all averages out.
Trailing stops can also be used to 'lock in' profits. We looked at those before. As the trade moves in your favour (say up if you are long) the stop loss ratchets with it. This means you may well end up 'stopping out' at a profit - as per the below example.
The mighty trailing stop loss order
It is perfectly reasonable to have your stop loss move in the direction of PNL. This is not exposing you to more risk than you originally were comfortable with. It is taking less and less risk as the trade moves in your favour. Trend-followers in particular love trailing stops.
One final question traders ask is what they should do if they get stopped out but still like the trade. Should they try the same trade again a day later for the same reasons? Nope. Look for a different trade rather than getting emotionally wed to the original idea.
Let's say a particular stock looked cheap based on valuation metrics yesterday, you bought, it went down and you got stopped out. Well, it is going to look even better on those same metrics today. Maybe the market just doesn't respect value at the moment and is driven by momentum. Wait it out.
Otherwise, why even have a stop in the first place?
Entering and exiting winning positionsTake profits are the opposite of stop losses. They are also resting orders, left with the broker, to automatically close your position if it reaches a certain price.
Imagine I'm long EURUSD at 1.1250. If it hits a previous high of 1.1400 (150 pips higher) I will leave a sell order to take profit and close the position.
The rookie mistake on take profits is to take profit too early. One should start from the assumption that you will win on no more than half of your trades. Therefore you will need to ensure that you win more on the ones that work than you lose on those that don't.
Sad to say but incredibly common: retail traders often take profits way too early
This is going to be the exact opposite of what your emotions want you to do. We are going to look at that in the Psychology of Trading chapter.
Remember: let winners run. Just like stops you need to know in advance the level where you will close out at a profit. Then let the trade happen. Don't override yourself and let emotions force you to take a small profit. A classic mistake to avoid.
The trader puts on a trade and it almost stops out before rebounding. As soon as it is slightly in the money they spook and cut out, instead of letting it run to their original take profit. Do not do this.
Entering positions with limit ordersThat covers exiting a position but how about getting into one?
Take profits can also be left speculatively to enter a position. Sometimes referred to as "bids" (buy orders) or "offers" (sell orders). Imagine the price is 1.1250 and the recent low is 1.1205.
You might wish to leave a bid around 1.2010 to enter a long position, if the market reaches that price. This way you don't need to sit at the computer and wait.
Again, typically traders will use tech analysis to identify attractive levels. Again - other traders will cluster with your orders. Just like the stop loss we need to bake that in.
So this time if we know everyone is going to buy around the recent low of 1.1205 we might leave the take profit bit a little bit above there at 1.1210 to ensure it gets done. Sure it costs 5 more pips but how mad would you be if the low was 1.1207 and then it rallied a hundred points and you didn't have the trade on?!
There are two more methods that traders often use for entering a position.
Scaling in is one such technique. Let's imagine that you think we are in a long-term bulltrend for AUDUSD but experiencing a brief retracement. You want to take a total position of 500,000 AUD and don't have a strong view on the current price action.
You might therefore leave a series of five bids of 100,000. As the price moves lower each one gets hit. The nice thing about scaling in is it reduces pressure on you to pick the perfect level. Of course the risk is that not all your orders get hit before the price moves higher and you have to trade at-market.
Pyramiding is the second technique. Pyramiding is for take profits what a trailing stop loss is to regular stops. It is especially common for momentum traders.
Pyramiding into a position means buying more as it goes in your favour
Again let's imagine we're bullish AUDUSD and want to take a position of 500,000 AUD.
Here we add 100,000 when our first signal is reached. Then we add subsequent clips of 100,000 when the trade moves in our favour. We are waiting for confirmation that the move is correct.
Obviously this is quite nice as we humans love trading when it goes in our direction. However, the drawback is obvious: we haven't had the full amount of risk on from the start of the trend.
You can see the attractions and drawbacks of both approaches. It is best to experiment and choose techniques that work for your own personal psychology as these will be the easiest for you to stick with and build a disciplined process around.
Risk:reward and win ratiosBe extremely skeptical of people who claim to win on 80% of trades. Most traders will win on roughly 50% of trades and lose on 50% of trades. This is why risk management is so important!
Once you start keeping a trading journal you'll be able to see how the win/loss ratio looks for you. Until then, assume you're typical and that every other trade will lose money.
If that is the case then you need to be sure you make more on the wins than you lose on the losses. You can see the effect of this below.
A combination of win % and risk:reward ratio determine if you are profitable
A typical rule of thumb is that a ratio of 1:3 works well for most traders.
That is, if you are prepared to risk 100 pips on your stop you should be setting a take profit at a level that would return you 300 pips.
One needn't be religious about these numbers - 11 pips and 28 pips would be perfectly fine - but they are a guideline.
Again - you should still use technical analysis to find meaningful chart levels for both the stop and take profit. Don't just blindly take your stop distance and do 3x the pips on the other side as your take profit. Use the ratio to set approximate targets and then look for a relevant resistance or support level in that kind of region.
Risk-adjusted returnsNot all returns are equal. Suppose you are examining the track record of two traders. Now, both have produced a return of 14% over the year. Not bad!
The first trader, however, made hundreds of small bets throughout the year and his cumulative PNL looked like the left image below.
The second trader made just one bet — he sold CADJPY at the start of the year — and his PNL looked like the right image below with lots of large drawdowns and volatility.
Would you rather have the first trading record or the second?
If you were investing money and betting on who would do well next year which would you choose? Of course all sensible people would choose the first trader. Yet if you look only at returns one cannot distinguish between the two. Both are up 14% at that point in time. This is where the Sharpe ratio helps .
A high Sharpe ratio indicates that a portfolio has better risk-adjusted performance. One cannot sensibly compare returns without considering the risk taken to earn that return.
If I can earn 80% of the return of another investor at only 50% of the risk then a rational investor should simply leverage me at 2x and enjoy 160% of the return at the same level of risk.
This is very important in the context of Execution Advisor algorithms (EAs) that are popular in the retail community. You must evaluate historic performance by its risk-adjusted return — not just the nominal return. Incidentally look at the Sharpe ratio of ones that have been live for a year or more ...
Otherwise an EA developer could produce two EAs: the first simply buys at 1000:1 leverage on January 1st ; and the second sells in the same manner. At the end of the year, one of them will be discarded and the other will look incredible. Its risk-adjusted return, however, would be abysmal and the odds of repeated success are similarly poor.
Sharpe ratioThe Sharpe ratio works like this:
You don't really need to know how to calculate Sharpe ratios. Good trading software will do this for you. It will either be available in the system by default or you can add a plug-in.
VARVAR is another useful measure to help with drawdowns. It stands for Value at Risk. Normally people will use 99% VAR (conservative) or 95% VAR (aggressive). Let's say you're long EURUSD and using 95% VAR. The system will look at the historic movement of EURUSD. It might spit out a number of -1.2%.
A 5% VAR of -1.2% tells you you should expect to lose 1.2% on 5% of days, whilst 95% of days should be better than that
This means it is expected that on 5 days out of 100 (hence the 95%) the portfolio will lose 1.2% or more. This can help you manage your capital by taking appropriately sized positions. Typically you would look at VAR across your portfolio of trades rather than trade by trade.
Sharpe ratios and VAR don't give you the whole picture, though. Legendary fund manager, Howard Marks of Oaktree, notes that, while tools like VAR and Sharpe ratios are helpful and absolutely necessary, the best investors will also overlay their own judgment.
Investors can calculate risk metrics like VaR and Sharpe ratios (we use them at Oaktree; they're the best tools we have), but they shouldn't put too much faith in them. The bottom line for me is that risk management should be the responsibility of every participant in the investment process, applying experience, judgment and knowledge of the underlying investments.Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital
What he's saying is don't misplace your common sense. Do use these tools as they are helpful. However, you cannot fully rely on them. Both assume a normal distribution of returns. Whereas in real life you get "black swans" - events that should supposedly happen only once every thousand years but which actually seem to happen fairly often.
These outlier events are often referred to as "tail risk". Don't make the mistake of saying "well, the model said…" - overlay what the model is telling you with your own common sense and good judgment.
Coming up in part IIIAvailable here
Squeezes and other risks
Market positioning
Bet correlation
Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits
Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer.
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PH, Professionalism and the Digital Age
When I was first diagnosed with PH, I was teaching part-time in a public school. I was met with sympathy and promises of support from the school community. Within months, however, my teaching assignment changed: my hours were cut, my commute extended, and a student was placed on my caseload who required both physical restraints for violence and running after because he tended to bolt. When I tried to have my assignment adjusted, I was shown the door … or I quit … or I was kind of fired. Whatever you call it, I was out of a job, and the correlation between my diagnosis and the change in job assignment was just too convenient to ignore.
Could I have sued? Yes, probably. But I was immersed in this totally terrifying world of being a newly diagnosed PH patient. Like so many, I didn't know if I was going to live more than a few years. I simply did not have the energy or internal strength to take on another fight.
I moved on from that job and began teaching online college classes, something I still do today. A little over a year ago, I also started my own company teaching sign language to kids, caregivers and educators.
Both jobs are independent contractor-based. I have to consistently earn the right to do the work based on job performance. There is no guarantee of work and no net to catch me if it goes badly. But it is work and work I enjoy.
Because of my experience with the public schools, I have guarded the secret of my PH from anyone I have contact with on a professional level. However, in my private life, I am involved daily in advocacy and awareness raising. My activities have become public knowledge and widely chronicled online in my blog, Facebook, newspapers, radio interviews, and through work with PHA. In short, if you Google my name, it's connected with PH.
This has presented a huge professional dilemma. I have worried constantly that word would get out and I would again find myself without employment because someone jumped to conclusions about what PH means as far as my ability to meet professional expectations. Two semesters ago, this worry started to materialize. A college student did indeed do a Google search on me. Then he wrote me about what he found in regard to PH. It's safe to say he did not understand what he was reading, but I was shaken.
I talked to my friends in Generation Hope about these concerns. Should I just come forward and tell my employers? Their advice was good. In short, it was better to come forward and be in charge of what information got out, and how it got out, than to be blindsided by information someone found online and misconstrued.
Still, I dragged my feet for a while. I was comfortable just doing my job and being trusted as a professional based on the merit of my work. I did not relish the idea of having these good relationships tainted by something like PH, and I had little reason to trust things would go well since they had gone so badly in the past.
But finally, I got sick of it all. I got sick of worrying and hiding and screening friend requests on Facebook. PH is such a big part of my life; I didn't want to hide it anymore. I started with the sign language company I do some independent work for. I called my national director, took a deep breath and told her the story. She's a wonderful lady, and her response was warm and supportive. Since that call, I've been hired to do even more work for them.
The college was harder. It's a more high-pressure job, it's most of my income, and if I lose it, my family and I are going to be in a very difficult financial situation. Finally though, I just had enough of the tiptoeing around, not to mention I had my parents (who also work for the college) under gag order not to talk about my PH. That was difficult for them since they couldn't do any awareness work in the college community.
I sat down and wrote a long letter to my supervisors. I told them my story, and why I had hidden it for so long. I emphasized that I remain, as always, dedicated to my students. The response has been supportive, as has follow-up communication.
I'm slowly relaxing and getting comfortable with the word being out there, trusting that when the hiring season next comes around, my evaluations and work ethic will be what they look to once again.
Conventional wisdom says you should keep your professional and personal life separate, and to a point, I agree. Certainly I've seen the dark side to why that is. However, in the digital age, this is becoming more difficult. There is something to be said for being in control of the situation and managing how and what gets out about your medical condition. There's not much you can do about how PH is going to affect your life sometimes. But there's a lot you can do about how you react to and handle it, and how you use those times to educate others. The professional arena is just one more place to make those considerations … and sometimes a leap of faith.
By Colleen Brunetti, MEd, PH Patient, Member of Generation Hope
This article first appeared in Pathlight Spring 2012

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DENVER — In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. "The status quo is not going to cut it," declared the challenger.
Obama in turn accused his rival of seeking to "double down" on economic policies that actually led to the devastating national downturn four years ago.
Both men made frequent references to the weak economy and high national unemployment, by far the dominant issue in the race for the White House. Public opinion polls show Obama with a slight advantage in key battleground states and nationally, and Romney was particularly aggressive, like a man looking to shake up the campaign with a little less than five weeks to run.
Polite but pointed, the two men agreed about little if anything.
Obama said his opponent's plan to reduce all tax rates by 20 percent would cost $5 trillion and benefit the wealthy at the expense of middle income taxpayers.
Shot back Romney: "Virtually everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate."
The former Massachusetts governor and businessman added that Obama's proposal to allow the expiration of tax cuts on upper-level income would mean tax increases on small businesses that create jobs by the hundreds of thousands.
The two campaign rivals clasped hands and smiled as they strode onto the debate stage at the University of Denver, then waved to the audience before taking their places behind identical lecterns.
There was a quick moment of laughter, when Obama referred to first lady Michelle Obama as "sweetie" and noted it was their 20th anniversary.
Romney added best wishes, and said to the first couple, "I'm sure this is the most romantic place you could imagine, here with me."
Both candidates' wives were in the audience.
The two men debated before a television audience likely to be counted in the tens of millions. They will meet twice more this month, and their running mates once, but in past election years, viewership has sometimes fallen off after the first encounter.
Without saying so, the two rivals quickly got to the crux of their race – Romney's eagerness to turn the contest into a referendum on the past four years while the incumbent desires for voters to choose between his plan for the next four years and the one his rival backs.
Romney ticked off the dreary economic facts of life – a sharp spike in food stamps, economic growth "lower this year than last" and "23 million people out of work or stropped looking for work."
But Obama criticized Romney's prescriptions and his refusal to raise taxes and said, "if you take such an unbalanced approach then that means you are going to be gutting our investment in schools and education ... health care for seniors in nursing homes (and) for kids with disabilities."
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Not surprisingly, the two men disagreed over Medicare, a flash point since Romney placed Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on his ticket.
The president repeatedly described Romney's plan as a "voucher program" that would raise out-of-pocket costs on seniors.
He continued, directly addressing the voters at home: "If you're 54 or 55 you might want to listen because this will affect you."
Romney said he doesn't support any changes for current retirees or those close to retirement.
"If you're 60 or 60 and older you don't need to listen further," he said, but he contended that fundamental changes are needed to prevent the system from becoming insolvent as millions of baby boom generation Americans become eligible.
Romney also made a detailed case for repealing Obamacare, the name attached to the health care plan that Obama pushed through Congress in 2010. "It has killed jobs," he said, and argued that the best approach is to "do what we did in my state."
Though he didn't say so, when he was governor Massachusetts passed legislation that required residents to purchase coverage – the so-called individual mandate that conservatives and he oppose on a national level.
Romney also said that Obamacare would cut $716 billion from Medicare over the next decade.
The president said the changes were part of a plan to lengthen the program's life, and he added that AARP, the seniors lobby, supports it.
Jim Lehrer of PBS drew moderator's duties, with Obama getting the first question and Romney the last word.
Five weeks before Election Day, early voting is under way in scattered states and beginning in more every day. Opinion polls show Obama with an advantage nationally and in most if not all of the battleground states where the race is most likely to be decided.
That put particular pressure on Romney to come up with a showing strong enough to alter the course of the campaign.
The sputtering economy served as the debate backdrop, as it has for virtually everything else in the 2012 campaign for the White House. Obama took office in the shadow of an economic crisis but promised a turnaround that hasn't materialized. Economic growth has been sluggish throughout his term, with unemployment above 8 percent since before he took office.
The customary security blended with a festival-like atmosphere in the surrounding area on a warm and sunny day. The Lumineers performed for free, and Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am delivered a pep talk of sorts to Obama's supporters. School officials arranged to show the debate on monitors outside the hall for those without tickets.
There was local political theater, too, including female Romney supporters wearing short shorts and holding signs that said, "What War On Women?" – a rebuttal to claims by Obama and the Democrats.
Both campaigns engaged in a vigorous pre-debate competition to set expectations, each side suggesting the other had built-in advantages.
Romney took part in 19 debates during the campaign for the Republican primary early in the year. The president has not been onstage with a political opponent since his last face-to-face encounter with Arizona Sen. John McCain, his Republican rival in 2008.
Obama and Romney prepared for the evening with lengthy practice sessions. Romney selected Ohio Sen. Rob Portman as a stand-in for the president; Obama turned to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry to play the Republican role.
The two presidential rivals also are scheduled to debate on Oct. 16 in Hempstead, N.Y., and Oct. 22 in Boca Raton, Fla.
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The Water Action Volunteers Program (WAV) involves citizen monitors in the collection of stream water quality data that may be used by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and their partner organizations. Program goals include building relationships between DNR staff and citizen monitors while assessing streams in need of additional monitoring, restoration, and/or protection. Ultimately, volunteer participation increases capabilities of the DNR and communities to monitor streams, providing water quality information that may be used to make decisions that affect the management of streams throughout Wisconsin.
The main goal of the WAV program is to preserve and protect Wisconsin's streams and the lakes to which they are connected. Objectives of the program are to educate and empower citizens to share their data, to obtain high quality data useful for DNR decision-making, and to encourage data and knowledge sharing. The process of data collection by Wisconsin residents enhances their understanding of water quality parameters, and in many cases, interests them in assisting with more sophisticated projects, including the collection of additional biological, chemical, and physical site data. Ultimately, a goal is that DNR staff trust volunteer data results, and therefore utilize WAV data to assist in making management decisions.
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Volunteer stream monitors assess water quality parameters identified in the DNR's Water Resources Monitoring Strategy for Wisconsin. Volunteers may identify their own sampling locations. In some instances, WAV Coordinators, DNR, or county staff may recommend sites based on the need to acquire status or trends information, or other types of monitoring that are priorities. In general, volunteers are asked to monitor from May through October. Advanced volunteers choose primary (P) and secondary (S) sampling dates in advance and note on their data sheets which of those dates they monitored. Volunteers are asked to sample on the primary date unless there are safety concerns about being at the stream site (e.g., tornado, lightning, dangerously high flows) or a personal or family emergency. The goal is to monitor at the same time each month, about 30 days after the last monitoring visit. Volunteers are instructed to enter data into the Surface Water Integrated Monitoring System (SWIMS) database by the end of each month and to immediately report extreme conditions that may be hazardous to aquatic life to their local DNR or County biologist. Parameters measured monthly include: dissolved oxygen (concentration), dissolved oxygen (saturation), streamflow, transparency, temperature (instantaneous and/or continuous measurements), and sometimes pH. In addition, macroinvertebrates (Biotic Index) are assessed twice per year and habitat conditions are assessed once per year. Some volunteers monitor specific conductance, chloride, total phosphorus, E. coli, or other parameters.
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Music review: New releases avoid the Christmas music curse
Even for those people (you know who you are) who enjoy a good Christmas tune now and again, come Dec. 26 even the catchiest holiday albums feel sort of like a bad hangover, removed quickly from iPod playlists in what amounts to a musical walk of shame. Did I really spend money on this stuff?
So I'm happy to report that this year there are at least two albums that you might actually be tempted to keep around even after the Christmas rush subsides – or at least not be embarrassed if someone finds them on your iPod come January.
"Festivus" by Highline Records is definitely the more adventurous of the two, featuring a slew of indie acts eschewing the usual holiday standards in favor of jangly, low-fi original songs about the season. The upbeat numbers are the standouts: The Werewandas offer a rockabilly love song to St. Nick with "I Love You Santa Claus," and Piney Gir's "Every Day's a Holiday" feels like an instant classic with its sunny, guitar-driven girl-group vibe.
There's also of course no shortage of sardonic indie sass – in The Real Tuesday Weld's "Song of December" a plan to write a holiday love letter devolves into a last-minute Christmas Eve text, and on "Just Because It's Christmas," Skiffle and the Piffles admit to a less-than-significant other that the holiday season "doesn't make me any less sick of you." Despite a few duds – and what Christmas album doesn't have them? – "Festivus" is a fun, winking and oftentimes even sentimental nod to the most wonderful time of the year.
The other notable release, Hear Music's "Holidays Rule," is more high profile and plays it safer with its interpretations of classics – but amazingly is able to hit home runs on most of them. On two of the best tracks, Grammy-nom sensations fun. prove with their take on "Sleigh Ride" that there's pretty much nothing they can't make magic with, and AgesandAges pulls out just the right dose of melancholy from "We Need a Little Christmas."
Though dominated by younger artists, the disc has a few highlights from oldsters too: Irma Thomas shows the whippersnappers how its done with her slinky blues take on "May Ev'ry Day Be Christmas," and Paul McCartney – who's made something of a cottage industry of insinuating himself onto indie collections and tribute albums – keeps the schmaltz to a minimum on a crisp, heartfelt "The Christmas Song."
Contributions from Rufus Wainwright and Sharon Van Etten, The Head and the Heart and the Heartless Bastards (fine Christmassy name there), among others, all combine to make this one a keeper. Let's hope I feel the same way on Dec. 26.
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If you prefer your Christmas songs one at a time, here are two more than worth the cost of the download:
· "Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)," J.D. McPherson. McPherson applies his honking '50s-era style and Little Richard-esque vocals to a rocking holiday number worthy of any Christmas sock hop.
· "All Alone on Christmas," The Midtown Men. Stevie Van Zandt of the E Street Band channeled Phil Spector when he wrote the song for Darlene Love, and this version by former "Jersey Boys" stars The Midtown Men keeps the same vibe, while ambling through a sharp new arrangement by Van Zandt. Plus, all proceeds go to Hurricane Sandy relief.
Peter Chianca blogs for Gatehouse Media's Blogness on the Edge of Town and is author of "Glory Days: Springsteen's Greatest Albums." Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The press that made the trek to New York City for the two-hour PlayStation 4 unveiling Wednesday night didn't get a chance to play any game demos or even briefly fondle the new DualShock 4 controller. That puts us one step behind comedians Jimmy Fallon and Anthony Anderson, who got to play through a quick demo of Killzone: Shadow Fall on Fallon's late night show last night.
This despite the fact that they aren't highly experienced journalists who cover this stuff for a living and Oh my god they can't even shoot straight. Stop looking at the wall, you idiot! No, don't reload now, they're firing at you! Don't stare at the ceiling, you fool! Why are you getting to play this, you no-talent hacks? This is why I got into this job in the first place! ARRRRGH!
Not that we're bitter.
Anyway, the video embedded below features some pretty nice 1080p footage of what the PS4 is capable of cranking out, coming in the form of an extremely gray-and-orange shooter, including a neat slow-motion section for those who really want to revel in the blood spray. You also get to hear Jimmy Fallon screaming, "SHARE! SHARE! SHARE THAT MOMENT!" in an excellent rehearsal for a future job as a Sony PR person.
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Chef Jeff Nathan, owner /Chef of Abigael's on Broadway sent us one of his favorite yom tov recipes:
Chicken and Fruit Fricassee
- ¾ cup dry figs
- ¾ cup dry apricots, diced
- ¾ cup golden raisins
- 2 cups water, warm
- ¼ cup brandy
- pinch saffron
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup olive oil
- saffron
- 2 3 pound chickens, cut into eighths
- 2 onions, diced medium
- 2 tablespoons garlic, chopped
- 1 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- In a small bowl combine the dry fruits with the water.
- Set aside and allow to plump at least 30 minutes.
- Drain and reserve the fruit water.
- In a separate small bowl, combine the brandy with the saffron & cinnamon.
- Allow to steep 20 – 30 minutes. Stir well.
- Dredge the chicken pieces in flour.
- In a large sauté pan of hot olive oil, brown the chicken on both sides.
- Transfer chicken to an ovenproof casserole.
- Pour off most of the remaining oil.
- Add the onions and garlic.
- Stir occasionally and cook until translucent.
- Add the dry fruits, tomato, brandy mix and reserved fruit water.
- Using a whisk, scrape the bottom of the pan for the pan drippings.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken.
- Bake, uncovered at 350˚ F. for approximately 1 hour; or until the chicken is cooked through and sauce has thickened slightly.
- Serve with couscous, rice pilaf, or herb simmered new potatoes.
Well, gentle reader, having eaten quite a few delightful lunches and dinners at Abigael's, having tried a lot of the recipes in Jeff Nathan's Family Suppers, I know this one will be a special treat and… I plan to have in the Sukkah!


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Acupuncture may help reduce the severity of hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, according to a small study.
The research included 53 postmenopausal women, with about half receiving traditional Chinese acupuncture twice a week and the others given sham acupuncture treatments.
After 10 weeks, the women in the traditional acupuncture group had significantly less severe hot flashes and mood swings than those who'd gotten the fake treatment. There were no differences between the two groups in terms of vaginal dryness and urinary tract infection.
The beneficial effects of traditional acupuncture, according to the researchers, did not appear to be associated with changes in levels of hormones that trigger menopause and its associated symptoms.
The findings were published in Acupuncture in Medicine.
Though the researchers acknowledged that they did not monitor how long symptom relief lasted, they suggested that traditional acupuncture may offer an alternative for women who can't or don't want to use hormone replacement therapy to ease menopause symptoms.
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A trip to Zanzibar is full of allure and retains much of its magic despite modern refurbishments geared towards its burgeoning tourism sector.
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Take in the centuries-old marvels of Stone Town and Old Fort, before relaxing on the shore, communing with beached turtles, or sampling some of the world's best snorkelling; Zanzibar welcomes you.
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The oldest building in Zanzibar City is the 17th-century Ngome Kongwe (Old Fort, also known as Arab Fort, as it was reportedly built by Omanis), built as a defence against the Portuguese. It can be found in Stone Town, opposite the lush Forodhani Gardens. Traders hawk their wares in the vast courtyard, and regular festivals are held in its small amphitheatre.
One of Stone Town's most prominent features is the Palace Museum, otherwise known as the Beit el-Sahel or Sultan's Palace. It is now a museum on the waterfront, but was originally built for the sultan and his immediate family, in the 19th century.
Stone Town is a stunning cornucopia of whitewashed buildings and winding alleyways at the heart of the city. It is East Africa's oldest still-functioning settlement, and home to a myriad of traditional markets and historic sites. You will find it to be abuzz around the clock, and packed with restaurants and entertainment venues. Singer Freddie Mercury (real surname Bulsara) was born here in 1946, and the restaurant named after him pays homage to Queen's flamboyant front man.
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The beaches that ring the islands on all sides are amongst the finest in the world, and during your trip to Zanzibar you will inevitably find yourself stretched out on at least one of them. The coastlines in the east of the archipelago are the best, and among the most popular are Kendwa, Nungwi, Pongwe, Paje and Matemwe.
Take a 30-minute boat trip from Zanzibar City to Prison Island. Slaves were, at one time, detained here, before it became a quarantine camp. Today, the island is the domain of giant tortoises and has become an internationally renowned nature reserve.
Zanzibar is also the perfect place for snorkelling and diving, and there are numerous spots around the islands for doing so. Pemba Island is especially popular, and can board a traditional dhow to get there and enjoy the journey for its own sake.
Zanzibar's multi-ethnic history is reflected in its fabulous cuisine. The mix includes strong elements of Arab, Bantu, Portuguese, British, Chinese and Indian traditions, such as sorpotel, which is boiled meat cooked in a Portuguese-Goan style. Another popular dish is pilau (like pilaf), an aromatic rice dish prepared with goose or cow, potatoes, spices, onions and coconut milk.
The most typical Zanzibari dessert is spice cake, made from pastry, with clove, cinnamon, chocolate and nutmeg mixed in.
The most famous, and certainly the most lively and colourful, market to visit when travelling to Zanzibar is Darajani Market in Stone Town. This is where you get a real taste for local life, garner great photo opportunities, and get a chance to practice your haggling skills.
Indeed, Stone Town makes for a great all-round retail experience. Many of the shops here sell items made in India, Africa and the Far East. Spices, essential oils and jewellery can all be found here, with gold shops clustered next to the Anglican Cathedral.
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How has the idea of the amateur, or "lover of things," exerted influence on and been challenged by contemporary visual art? That question guides a new Princeton University exhibition and graduate seminar.
This video features the unique exhibition of sculptures, photo collages and site-specific installations by Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin, a self-identified amateur artist who collects and creatively repurposes a vast array of things from daily life. The exhibition, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts and titled "Myself, I Think We Should Keep Collecting Titles," is on display through Oct. 4 at the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau St. It is part of a graduate arts and humanities course, "Contemporary Art and the Amateur," taught by Joe Scanlan, professor and director of the Program in Visual Arts at the Lewis Center.
The exhibition features hundreds of objects, including snow globes, popsicle sticks, water bottle caps, Snapple lids, compact discs, keyboards, motherboards, paper tubes, credit cards, safety rings, fasteners, postcards and pennies, as well as hundreds of photographs of food items, menus, waiters, signs, phone booths, friends and colleagues.
"From an early age, I was possessed by a compulsion to collect and organize objects, and my art follows this compulsion," said Dobkin, also the Phillip Y. Goldman '86 Professor in Computer Science.
According to Scanlan: "The course and the exhibition explore the concept of the amateur as a liberated novice, a nonprofessional, a 'lover of things.' David is a great example of a person whose proclivities are perfectly manifested as works of art, regardless of his formal training. Like many artists, David notices objects and material flows that most people don't, and he combines them in ways that not only reveal his aesthetics and thought processes, but also spark curiosity and visual delight in the people who see them."
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Wednesday, September 24. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus and provided for the military trial of "all Rebels and Insurgents, their siders and abettors within the United States, and all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording comfort to Rebels against the authority of the United States." The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was released to the public through various newspapers. In Pennsylvania, 14 northern governors met at Altoona and approved emancipation, even though the conference had originally been called to criticize the Lincoln administration's policies on slavery and the war. Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard replaced General John C. Pemberton as commander of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia. Federal General Samuel R. Curtis assumed command of the Department of the Missouri. The Confederate Senate approved a seal for the Confederacy.
Thursday, September 25. In Kentucky, Federals under General Don Carlos Buell reached the vital city of Louisville ahead of the Confederate advance. Various skirmishes occurred in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Friday, September 26. Federals conducted an expedition from Helena, Arkansas to Marianna, Tennessee. In the Dakota Territory, skirmishing continued between Federals and Sioux Indians. In Washington, President Lincoln discussed black colonization with his cabinet.
Saturday, September 27. The Confederate Congress passed the Second Conscription Act, which authorized President Jefferson Davis to draft men between 35 and 45 years old for military service. President Lincoln interrogated Major John J. Key and dismissed him from military service for allegedly saying that the object of the Battle of Antietam was "that neither army shall get much advantage of the other; that both shall be kept in the field till they are exhausted, when we will make a compromise and save slavery." This reflected the view of many Federal troops, and it highlighted Lincoln's irritation with Federal General George McClellan's lack of activity since the battle.
Sunday, September 28. Skirmishing occurred in Kentucky, Missouri, and western Virginia. President Davis wrote to Confederate General Robert E. Lee of his concern over enrolling conscripts "to fill up the thinned ranks of your regiments."
Monday, September 29. Federal General Jefferson C. Davis shot and mortally wounded Federal General William "Bull" Nelson during an argument at a hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Skirmishing occurred in Kentucky and Virginia. In Mississippi, General Earl Van Dorn's 22,000-man Confederate Army of West Tennessee began advancing on Corinth.
Tuesday, September 30. Skirmishes occurred in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and western Virginia. Federal expeditions began from the Savannah River in Georgia and from Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Source: The Civil War Day-by-Day by E.B. Long and Barbara Long (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1971)


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Chinese Architect Wang Shu Wins The Pritzker Prize
For the first time, the Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to an architect based in China. Wang Shu, 49, is interested in preservation, working slowly and tradition — ideals that sometimes seem forgotten in today's booming China. Wang says in the 1990s he had to get away from China's architectural "system" of demolition, megastructures and get-rich-quick — so he spent the decade working with common craftspeople building simple constructions.
"I go out of system," Wang says, "Because, finally I think, this system is too strong."
Since then, Wang has designed museums, housing and many academic buildings including an art academy campus using tiles salvaged from demolished houses. All of his work is in China, but he expects that to change. The Pritzker jury says they are signaling the increasingly important role China will play in the development of architectural ideals.
'It Really Means Neighborhood'
Wang started drawing as a 2-year old boy in Beijing. He drew on everything — from books to the walls of his house in a crowded Beijing alley. At age 6 he moved back to his birthplace, Urumqi, more than 1,500 miles away. When he returned to Beijing four or five years later, the neighbors told him, "Your drawings are still on the walls; we preserved them."
The architect says that gave him a warm feeling inside. "It really means neighborhood," he says. "It means, the common people, they understand something about art and culture."
Wang says that experience taught him to place a lot of faith in people. It made him want to learn more of their wisdom, and to give back to them. So he went to architecture school in Nanjing, but he says the way they taught the profession made it impossible to be a good architect. He worked to save and renovate old buildings; this was the time when China was booming — millions of people were moving to cities and the government built housing, schools, hospitals, subways and office towers on a scale and pace never before seen. But in the 1990s Wang was not a part of it. He dropped out of sight and "disappeared," he says.
For the next 10 years he found building projects being erected by more traditional craftsman, and from 8 a.m. until midnight he'd see how they worked, how they put materials together, where they put windows. If the project took three months, he was there nearly every day for three months. When he wasn't there, he was studying anthropology, philosophy, movies and art history. In 1997, he and his wife founded Amateur Architecture Studio.
Handicraft is important, and Wang says he doesn't like "professionalized soulless architecture as practiced today." He says he works more like a traditional Chinese painter. When he accepts a commission, he studies the city, the valley and the mountains. Then he goes home and thinks about it for about a week, without drawing. He says he drinks tea every day to stay calm, so his architecture doesn't become too strong and overwhelm the landscape.
China's Architectural 'Sweet Spot'
Wang's design for the Ningbo History Museum came to him at 3 in the morning. He realized his job was to show people what their city used to look like. He took a pencil and drew it from start to finish. The modern design recalls an ancient Chinese fortress, layered with time's passage. It is richly spatial on the inside.
"If you look at his masonry work, it's working with very traditional materials — stone, brick — but using it in a radically different way," says Clifford Pearson, the deputy editor of Architectural Record. "Probably the best example of this is the Ningbo History Museum. It's this monumental museum, almost fortresslike. And on its exterior, it has almost a collage of masonry work that's really different from anything I've ever seen. It recalls fortresses, but done in a very modern way."
At Wang's Vertical housing towers, he has residents plant small trees special to them to differentiate their tower from others. He designed an art academy using more than 2 million tiles salvaged from demolished traditional houses. It's located in the city of Hangzhou, where Wang lives between a beautiful lake and mountains, famous for trails in the woods.
The Pritzker jury citation states:
The recent process of urbanization in China invites debate as to whether architecture should be anchored in tradition or should look only toward the future. As with any great architecture, Wang Shu's work is able to transcend that debate, producing an architecture that is timeless, deeply rooted in its context and yet universal.
Wang's wife is the only partner in his small firm. He says "without me, no design. Without her, it can't become reality." He hopes this prize influences younger Chinese architects to work within local contexts, slowly, on both large and small scales. He also hopes he can influence this generation of Chinese architects to realize that China must not demolish history to develop.
But change won't come soon enough for his beloved childhood home in Beijing — the one with the drawings that the neighbors preserved while he was away.
"But the pity thing is, our family house, this year will be demolished," Wang says. "... For the private people, you don't have the power to stop it."
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Rainbow Pride Party Cake
July 16, 2009 at 12:36 pm 118 comments
I think all little kids, at least at one point, have unrealistic ideas about what they'll become when they grow up. I know I did. For a while I wanted to be an actress, then a singer, then a vet, and I went through an inevitable, short-lived pokemon master phase. I also remember once announcing that when I grew up, I wanted to be a duckling.
Yeah, I don't know where that came from either.
But there was always something I wanted to be that I never told anyone about. I wanted to be a creative product namer – it would be the most fun job in the world! As a child I'd walk through the candle aisle of a store and think to myself, "This would be Golden Raspberry Dream and this one could be named Velvet Plum." My favorite was to think of cute crayon colors, like Pink Lemonade Paradise and Safety Patrol Yellow.
Turns out I still can't help but do it!
I can't look at this vivid rainbow cake without feeling a bit of that creative spark all over again – Cherry-Red Hard Candy, Greenest Grass Green, Princess Eyes Blue. And even though I've seen the rainbow a million times, I still experienced an unexpected feeling when the cake was cut open. It was as if someone had waved a magic wand and restored all of the childish wonder and curiosity that I thought I'd outgrown years ago.
This cake was commissioned for a local company's Pride celebration. I knew right away that rather than make a regular cake decorated with rainbow frosting, I wanted to make every layer a different color. This suggestion was met with a lot of enthusiasm, and I didn't realize the difficulties of it until later.
First of all, I'd never made a cake of this size – six layers, 9″x13″ – and secondly I haven't had a lot of success with white cakes. They usually end up dry or flavorless. Yet here I was, making six layers. I was also worried about height. Six layers is surprisingly tall, even taller after you add frosting, and I didn't want the cake to lean or fall apart. I settled on Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party cake… after all, I trust Dorie whole-heartedly and it seemed like a moist, flavorful white cake that would also be sturdy.
I made two layers in advance, just to test things out. Unfortunately, I found the cake to be dry and much too sweet. I cut each layer into three, stacked them, and moaned a little when I saw how tall the finished cake would be. I tested freezing the layers, but they came out even drier the next day. I started to wonder what I'd gotten myself into.
I pushed forward, and the morning of the party I woke up at 6:30 to be absolutely sure I'd have enough time to do the whole cake. Dorie's recipe makes two 9″ round layers, so I was using one recipe to make two thin 9″x13″ layers – basically I would have to repeat the recipe three times. I measured, sifted, and set out all my ingredients beforehand. Then I made two layers at a time, did dishes, and repeated, working like clockwork.
I do kind of go into "baking mode" when I work, especially when I'm alone. I concentrate completely on the task at hand, and it feels good. I have a friend who loves running because it clears his mind and lets him focus, and this happens when I'm in the kitchen. Even though I was doing the same recipe over and over, it didn't feel repetitive, and I even enjoy the feeling of being busy.
When all the layers were baked, I decided not to go with Dorie's buttercream frosting, since it could be too rich in a 6 layer cake. I was going to go with whipped cream, but felt frosting would better hold the cake. Finally, I wanted the cakes to be moistened with jam but not too sweet. I ended up thinly spreading every layer with apricot jelly, then alternating whipped cream and cream cheese frosting. I frosted the outside with cream cheese frosting and then pressed shredded coconut into the cake.
Driving the cake to the office was a little nerve wracking. I was so worried about the cake leaning! A few hours ago, I had chilled the cake between layers. I had checked on it and realized, with horror, the cake was leaning to the right. I had turned the pan around and when I returned twenty minutes layer, the cake had straightened out. But every time we came to a sudden stop or made a sharp turn, I thought I could feel the cake moving like the leaning tower of pisa.
We made it to the office in one piece. Everyone who saw the cake was impressed by how big it was (and it was heavy!) It sort of looked like a giant coconut candy. But nothing can compare to the reactions I got when the cake was cut. The inside was a surprise, and it elicited gasps and outbursts of surprise all around. It was a room of adults, and yet there was still a wisp – no, a spark – of that innocent, fleeting joy at seeing something colorful. At that moment, I was reminded why I love to bake so much. This is what it's for. I love to make people happy, and here was an entire room full of happy people – but I don't think anyone was happier than me.
I was nervous about taste, but I'd learned a lot from my test run. Even though the cake was served in tiny, teetering slices, it was almost completely devoured as people came back for seconds.
It's almost indecent that I was paid to do this. Creative product namer? No, what I am doing right now must be the most fun job in the world.
I was more than happy with Dorie's cake. After my adjustments, it was perfect – it was moist, had a beautiful tight crumb, and was just sweet and lemony enough. It might even be my new go-to white cake. When I froze my test run, it came out dry and crumbly, so it's definitely best the day it's made. I think it's worth getting up early for.
I don't know if people noticed the difference between whipped cream and cream cheese between the layers, but my dad and I did. We both liked the whipped cream better because it was lighter and added a creamy texture. At the same time, the cream cheese layers helped to hold the cake together. Despite all my fears about the cake leaning, this cake stayed upright and perfectly straight as it got smaller and smaller. I also thought the apricot jelly was great, adding moisture and a little flavor without being too prominent.
The cake was supposed to serve 20, but it could have definitely served 30 because the pieces were so small. I am highly recommending this cake. Good for your taste buds, good for your reputation, good for your emotional well being. I think everyone needs a rainbow cake once in a while.
Rainbow Pride Party Cake
Adapted from Baking: From My Home to Yours
Makes a 6 layer 9″x13″ cake
I only had two pans. I would make the following recipe three times for a total of 6 layers, rather than tripling the recipe. If you don't have buttermilk, make it by combining 1 tbsp lemon juice with a scant cup of whole milk for five minutes. Finally you want really soft butter, with the texture of mayonnaise.
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups whole milk or buttermilk
4 large egg whites
1 slightly rounded cup sugar (originally 1 1/2)
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract
Gel or powder food coloring
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and put a rack in the middle or upper third of the oven. Butter two 9″x13″ glass pans and line with buttered parchment paper.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the egg whites and buttermilk.
Cream the butter, zest, and sugar in a mixer on medium speed for a full 3 minutes until very light and fluffy. Beat in the lemon extract, then add 1/3 of the flour mixture, still on medium speed.
Beat in half of the egg-buttermilk mixture, then half of the remaining flour mixture, then the last of the egg-buttermilk mixture, and finally the last of the flour, beating until the batter is smooth. Beat the entire batter on medium high for two minutes until completely smooth and mixed.
Divide the batter in two (it's about 6 cups total batter.) Dye each batter a different color of the rainbow and scrape into the two pans. Bake 20 minutes, rotating halfway through, or until a thin knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in the pans five minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack. To ensure moistness, once the cakes are cooled, wrap immediately and chill.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Makes enough to frost and fill two layers of Pride cake
From The Joy of Cooking
24 oz cream cheese
15 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
6 tsp vanilla extract
6 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Beat the cream cheese, butter, and extract together until combined. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until the desired consistency is reached.
Assembling the cake: Cut a piece of cardboard slightly larger than the layers and put strips of parchment paper all around the edges. Set the purple layer on top. Spread with a small amount of apricot jelly, then a small amount of stiff, sweetened whipped cream. (Sorry, I didn't take measurements.) Top with the blue layer. Spread again with jelly, then a small amount of cream cheese frosting. You want very thin layers of frosting, just enough to cover the cake. Repeat with the remaining layers, spreading each with jelly and alternating between whipped cream and frosting. To hold the cake together, it's helpful to chill between layers.
Use an offset spatula to wipe excess filling off the sides, which may have spilled out. Cover the entire cake with a very thin layer of cream cheese frosting (a crumb coat) and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Then frost the entire cake and press shredded coconut into the sides. Keep the cake wrapped in the refrigerator. Take it out 20 minutes before serving and enjoy!
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I just made different colors in bowls and then poured them into the cake pans a little at a time. Same rainbow of colors, but only two layers.
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My friend and I just made this cake! Excellent. Thank you!
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Hi Elissa,
Just found your blog when I wass looking for others who'd made Dorie's Perfect Party Cake. Mine have come out flat- less than 1/2 " per layer. And I have to take a cake for 24 adults :(
I spent ages reading the recipe to get it right, and I'm disappointed.
Do you have any advice?
I love your cake. The colours are beautiful!
And I'm looking forward to reading all your posts once this cake is iced and done :)
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You realize that the "pride" cake supports the LGBTP ? I was molested by a homosexual at age 14, and this is disturbing to me.
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